Example sentences of "and be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Making Out highlights how important it is for women to have a job and be with other women workers — often in very crummy circumstances , but actually being very resilient with a lot of humour and girl talk . |
| 2 | She said she sometimes longed to go out , to a disco or an amusement arcade and be with other girls , but her uncle was strict and did n't like her going to those places , and although she was sometimes lonely she could n't stand the thought of going back to that school , especially now she had been away from it for so long because anyway her friends would n't be there any more and she would be treated like a little girl and the things they had to do would seem more stupid than ever because in her uncle s house she was treated like a grown-up , which she was anyway , and she ran the house . |
| 3 | Most will be paid less than full-time workers and be on short-term contracts , I E monthly and in some cases weekly . |
| 4 | Last Thursday , he said on television : ’ If that convergence is not achieved then the establishment of a ( single ) currency could be a tremendous dislocation and be at tremendous cost . ’ |
| 5 | In other words if there be a moral burden to protest it should be well aimed , and be for proper reasons , difficult though this may be to define . |
| 6 | ‘ Have faith in the future , my princes , ’ she had concluded , ‘ and be of good cheer — you are your father 's sons , and he who laughed always at adversity would have been proud of you . |
| 7 | The obsessive compulsive neuroses such as obsessive washing and the various phobias will require medical assessment but may receive particular help from Emotions Anonymous , which also covers a whole range of other emotional disorders that may be significantly disturbing to the life of the sufferer and be beyond personal control . |
| 8 | I knew it was right for him — this is where he learnt to join in and be like other children . |
| 9 | It must work properly , and if you bought it as new , it has to look new and be in good condition . |
| 10 | Differing traditions and those of other cultures and be in constant dialogue with them . |